Susan Riddell: Let's face it.. I'm addicted to make-up tutorials

Susan Riddell loves a good make-up turorial but admits she'll never copy most of the looks she watches.

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I also recently enjoyed a Game of Thrones Khaleesi tutorial even though I’ve never watched the show itself.

Still, it’s impressive that the Khaleesi lassie found time to apply eyeliner in among training all those dragons and fighting a rebellion.

Game of Thrones Khaseeli make-up tutorials

You own all three Naked Palettes

That’s a total of 36 different shades of neutral – yes, neutral – eyeshadow.

And yet, I can never seem to find the right shade.

To be honest, despite having an array of neutral tones to choose from, I stick to the same old ones. So it makes no sense that I’m hankering after the new Smokey Naked Palette.

I’m having a hard time justifying spending another 30-odd quid on eyeshadows, the majority of which I’ll probably never use. I may search out a dupe, which brings me to my next point…

You know what dupe means

I’ve learned a whole new language since tuning in to make-up tutorials.

“Dupe” means duplicate, ie it’s a cheaper copy of a high-end product.

A “tight-line” is not the welt left round your waist after wearing too tight tights. No, tight-lining means putting eyeliner not only on the lower waterline but also the upper waterline, underneath your eyelashes.

When blending eyeshadow, a “transition colour” is a shade used in-between the crease colour and the brow bone in order to create a gradient between colours. “Pay off” describes how vivid an eyeshadow pigment is.

“Fallout” is the excess amount of product that falls off the designated area.

“Strobing” is the use of highlighters to give a youthful glow and “baking” is the term used when someone leaves translucent powder on their face for 10 minutes, allowing the heat from their face to set the foundation and concealer, then dusting it off leaving a flawless finish.

Baking was chiefly used by drag queens but it’s been revealed that Kim K the contour queen is into it, so expect to hear a lot more about it.

Drag queen make-up is a favourite of Susan's.

It’s your favourite part of going out

Sometimes my favourite part of going out is getting ready before it. I enjoy having a wee aperitif and copying a make-up tutorial more than the actual going out bit.

Sometimes I sit at home alone and practise winged eyeliner for fun.

I feel I should not have shared that.

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